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Google's AI Overviews is being laughed at by the CEO of search rival Perplexity

Google's AI Overviews has generated some inaccurate responses, stirring criticism from users and rivals including Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas.

Since Google launched its experimental tool at its I/O conference last week, people have been sharing what the AI search summary feature is getting wrong. Recent examples of AI Overviews going haywire that were posted on X include responses claiming Barack Obama was a Muslim president, that Africa has no countries beginning with the letter K, and that people should eat "at least one small rock per day." Google and Perplexity AI didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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